The E-30 is Olympus's own stepping-stone between the so-called "prosumer" models (what an awful word) and the E-3 professional SLR, being loosely comparable with the likes of the Canon EOS 50D, the Nikon D90 and the Sony Alpha A-350. It shares a lot of th ...

Last Saturday, I purchased the E-30 from a local dealer. My old camera was a Nikon F-301, bought more than 15 years ago. Just last week, this old Nikon became faulty. I took it to Nikon's service centre to repair it, but the repair man told me it is beyon ...

Advantages: All the facilities of an SLR,but automaticDisadvantages: Cannot fit the larger lenses

This fully automatic camera takes some of the best photos i have seen! It has a 110mm. lens which you can set for telephoto or wide mode.
It is fully self focusing: just point and shoot!
The user can decide whether to use fully automatic capability ...

Advantages: Compact stare of the art (for 1974) still to be reckoned withDisadvantages: Isn't digital and never will be

The Olympus OM-2 is my all-time favourite 35mm film camera body.
Historically, Olympus were known for producing excellent small cameras, either in ‘compact’ full frame, or half frame format. Whereas most other SLR manufacturers were trying to make thei ...

Advantages: Can be picked up cheaplyDisadvantages: Has very little bells and whistles

The Olympus OM 2 is a camera from another era, which has it s roots in the seventies. Today this doesn't make the OM 2 any less of a camera. In fact if truth be known the cameras features don't necessarily make you take pictures any better. What the pu ...